The books that have helped me the most so far are the Rich Dad Poor Dad books, and playing the free version of his game CashFlow online.

Good afternoon Ryan,House hacking is a great strategy to utilize when beginning your investment career.

I understand that I can utilize a 1031 exchange to sell the property and exchange it for the new property now.However, I would like to avoid selling my investment property as I am in the accumulation phase of my investing life.

You can do the research, join a local apartment association or hire a PM.If that sounds doable to you, you can certainly search online for a property, but if you find a good agent, they should be able to steer you to a property that will serve you well as well as point you in the right direction for any management advice you might need.Best of luck!

No way around good planning and doing your homework.Exactly, I've never done it that way, I'd only use that as an estimate if you were looking at a house online or something.

Online option? 

Question for the experts: is there any reason to not accept prepaid utilities and monthly pet fee?

With all the new apartments coming on line vacancy rates will most likely dip for a period of time

How-to books are inexpensive and in today's world, there are plenty of online blogs and forums loaded with useful knowledge.With preparation (focused self-study) and luck (random events), the right opportunity eventually presents itself.

I've moved into one side and am loving the area but I need to rent the other side soon to actually start having the building (slowly) pay for itself.The duplex has almost fully separated utilities except water.